CATHY started at Remploy in Clydebank when they had 285 people on their books. Now there are just 33 left.

The factory is making parts for car seats and has enough work to last well into the next year. The Con-Dems are still closing it down.

Machinist Cathy, 48, said: “When the bosses told us this morning, I was just about crying. We knew something was going to happen but it’s just so final now. It came as a shock.

“A number of the workers here are in their 50s or early 60s, so they have practically no chance of getting a job.

“We’ve had MSPs in here saying they are going to help, but in truth nothing has happened. They should have tried to step in sooner – even if they can do something now, it’s probably going to be too little too late.

“This is not just a job to a lot of folk here.

“They get a hot meal here and company to talk to. Some people have no one at home and it’s a social life too. Its very sad when you think about it like that.

“Some of the workers have been left with no hope. They want to work, they are paying tax and contributing to the economy.

“The Government keep saying they will give disabled people funding for training or help with getting another job. But they have a job now, so why are they taking that from them?”